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Biological and Social Phases of Big History and Universal Evolution: Similarities, Differences, and the Growth of Complexity
Journal of Big History. 2025. Vol. 8. No. 3. P. 1–51.
In this paper, Grinin et al. survey general similarities and differences between biological and social macroevolution and phases of Big History. The comparison of biological and social evolution is an important but (regrettably) understudied subject. The authors have endeavored to make a systematic comparison between biological and social evolution at different levels of analysis and in various aspects. They have formulated a considerable number of general principles and rules of evolution, and worked to develop a common terminology to describe some key processes in biological and social evolution. In particular, Grinin et al. have introduced the notion of ‘social aromorphosis’ to describe the process of widely diffused social innovation that enhances the complexity, adaptability, integrity, and interconnectedness of a society or social system. This work has convinced the authors that it might be possible to find mathematical models that can describe important features of both biological and social macroevolution. In the Appendix the authors consider a concrete mathematical model that they deem capable of describing important features of both biological and social macroevolution.
Hermida Rivera H., Genovese F., International Interactions 2022 Vol. 48 No. 5 P. 897–935
The political economy literature on international bailouts has repeatedly shown that the domestic politics of rescued countries influence international bailout compliance. However, we know less about the domestic politics of bailout negotiations, and especially the type of conditions negotiated by governments of more developed countries with strong ties to international lenders. This paper puts forward ...
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Hermida Rivera H., Public Choice 2025 Vol. 203 P. 493–501
This note shows that under the unrestricted domain, there exists a choice liberal and Nash implementable social choice rule if and only if there are at least three players and the outcome set is at least twice as large as the player set. A social choice rule is choice liberal if and only if for ...
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Hermida Rivera H., Kerman T., Journal of Public Economic Theory 2025 Vol. 27 No. 3 P. 1–7
This paper introduces a novel binary stability property for voting rules—called binary self-selectivity—by which a society considering whether to replace its voting rule using itself in pairwise elections will choose not to do so. In Theorem 1, we show that a neutral voting rule is binary self-selective if and only if it is universally self-selective. ...
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Hermida Rivera H., Games and Economic Behavior 2025 Vol. 153 P. 541–553
In this paper, I characterize minimal stable voting rules and minimal self-stable constitutions (i.e., pairs of voting rules) for societies in which only power matters. To do so, I first let players' preference profiles over voting rules satisfy four natural axioms commonly used in the analysis of power: non-dominance, anonymity, null player, and swing player. ...
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Костелянец С. В., Денисова Т. С., Азия и Африка сегодня 2026 № 4 С. 26–38
The M23 armed group’s resurgence in eastern DRC (2021–2026) has destabilized Central Africa and triggered a severe Kinshasa-Kigali crisis. This study explores the causes of M23’s return, its evolution into a quasi-state entity, and the failure of international conflict resolution. Based on UN and NGO reports, and applying the rebel governance framework, the analysis reveals ...
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Плакван П., Moiseev D., Patria 2026 Т. 3 № 3 С. 92–104
The article is devoted to the analysis of the influence of Leftist Globalist political and cultural concepts on the transformation of traditional values in contemporary Europe. Using the example of the activities of European analytical centers and the dissemination of the concept of an ‘‘open society’’, the mechanisms of changing ideas about the family, national ...
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Malekova D. K., Veselitskaya N., Shashnov S. A., Форсайт 2026 Т. 20 № 3 С. 6–24
Technological development dynamics underscore the relevance of a comparative analysis of national priorities in science and innovation. This article identifies and typologizes promising technologies enshrined in the development strategies of 19 countries: the technological leaders—the United States, Japan, Germany, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Canada, Australia, Spain, and Italy—and the countries of the Global South—Brazil, ...
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Шамшура К. А., Журнал социологии и социальной антропологии 2026 Т. 29 № 2 С. 170–204
The article examines the conditions that influence the outcomes of civic participation in the protection of historical sites in Russian cities. It is based on the political opportunity structure theory, which suggests that structural conditions that shape the political opportunity structure have the greatest impact on the outcome of collective action. Drawing on the literature ...
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Gipsman M., Ivanov D., Rosenberg D., Third World Quarterly 2026 P. 1–23
Moldova has been prone to socio-political polarisation due to historical, ethno-linguistic, and geopolitical factors. However, portraying modern Moldova as being torn between the West and the East oversimplifies the case. In Moldova, socio-political polarisation is indeed on the rise, but for the most part it is moderate rather than extreme, and the major fault lines ...
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А.И. Жданов, А.В. Коротаев, Социологические исследования 2026 № 8 С. 3–14
The article is devoted to an analysis of the influence of digital technologies and the Internet on the emergence and development of revolutionary activity in the 21st century. The authors consider the Internet to be a new significant factor in political destabilization, noting its role in coordinating protests, overcoming state censorship, and shaping new behavioral ...
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Губский А. Д., Сравнительная политика 2025 Т. 16 № 2 С. 52–71
The resource-rich Essequibo region, located in northeastern South America and occupying two-thirds of the territory of the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, has long been disputed by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela. At the same time, the tensions have been escalating in recent years, making this conflict one of the most explosive in Latin America, which ...
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Губский А. Д., Россия и Америка в XXI веке 2025 № 12
The article is devoted to the current state of security cooperation between the USA and Guyana. The study examines the strategic interests of the parties and the main directions of bilateral military-political cooperation, which has noticeably intensified after the discovery of oil fields on the shelf of the Cooperative Republic. The results obtained indicate the ...
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Губский А. Д., Россия и Америка в XXI веке 2024 № 12
The article is devoted to the impact of the activities of the multinational corporation ExxonMobil on the development of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana. The study examines the socio-economic, political and environmental consequences of the development and production of oil by an American company on the shelf of a South American country. The results show ...
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Novik N., Galimullin E. Z., Мировая экономика и международные отношения 2026 Т. 70 № 9 С. 100–112
The article offers a comparative analysis of the Transarctic Transport Corridor (TTC) and the International North–South Transport Corridor (INSTC) as elements of Russia’s evolving response to systemic shifts in the international order. Drawing on the theory of regional security complexes and the conceptual framework of connectivity, the study examines how both corridors function within a ...
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Luzyanin S., Умаров О. М., Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Международные отношения 2026 Т. 26 № 2 С. 240–255
A digital model for neutralizing challenges and threats facing Central Asia has been developed, along with a framework for its implementation based on Russian and Central Asian experience in the sphere of regional security. ...
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Киселева Д. А., Сунгуров А. Ю., Вестник Томского государственного университета. Философия. Социология. Политология 2025 № 86 С. 159–170
The article presents the results of a study of the experience of developing participatory budgeting in St. Petersburg and the subsequent attempt to use this mechanism not only for local problems solution, but also for digitalization development. Data were collected by interviewing participants (including organizers) of the projects “Your Budget” and “Your Budget 2.0” and ...
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Grishina D., Soloviev A., Международная аналитика 2026 Т. 17 № 2 С. 10–29
This publication analyzes the historical and geopolitical context of the formation and development of the concept of the “Russian threat” – a public narrative about the territorial ambitions of the Russian Empire that became widespread in Northeast Asia in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Using the example of the concept’s origins and transformation ...
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Routledge, 2027.
This Handbook examines relations between Japan and Korea from 1850 to the present.
Analyzing almost 200 years of Japan and Korea relations uncovers a relationship that has been both congenial and confrontational. This Handbook examines these relations in this age of modernity by dividing it into four periods: precolonial relations (1850–1905); colonial rule (1905–1945); post-war/post-liberation (1945–1965); ...
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David J. L., Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., , in: Complexity in Universal Evolution. A Big History Perspective.: Springer, 2026. Ch. 22 P. 585–608.
This collective monograph explores focus on complexity aspects in Big History against the background of complexity growth in the Universe, on our planet, and in biological, social, and cultural systems. Complexity growth is regarded as the connecting thread of evolutionary development and as a leading trend of Big History. The cosmic development chapters examine symmetries ...
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Korotayev A., , in: Complexity in Universal Evolution. A Big History Perspective.: Springer, 2026. Ch. 13 P. 359–409.
We have undertaken an attempt to propose a periodization of the Big History Biosocial (Anthropogenesis) Era on the basis of the most recent scientific data. This periodization is complexity-based, that is, the boundaries of the identified epochs are marked with complexity jumps, that is, in our case, such phase transitions that result in significant increases ...
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Leonid Grinin, Alexander M., Korotayev A., , in: Complexity in Universal Evolution. A Big History Perspective.: Springer, 2026. Ch. 12 P. 283–355.
In the first half of this chapter, Grinin et al. survey general similarities and differences between biological and social macroevolution. They undertake a systematic comparison between biological and social evolution at different levels of analysis and in various aspects, formulating a considerable number of general principles and rules of evolution, and working to develop a ...
Added: August 10, 2026
David J. L., Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., , in: Complexity in Universal Evolution. A Big History Perspective.: Springer, 2026. Ch. 1 P. 1–25.
Complexity is widely acknowledged as a foundational and pivotal concept in Big History, offering a unifying lens through which to examine the emergence and development of systems—from particles and galaxies to life, civilizations, and beyond. Yet, despite its centrality, major gaps remain in how we define, measure, and interpret complexity across different phases and scales. ...
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David J. L., Leonid Grinin, Korotayev A., Springer, 2026.
Complexity is widely acknowledged as a foundational and pivotal concept in Big History, offering a unifying lens through which to examine the emergence and development of systems—from particles and galaxies to life, civilizations, and beyond. Yet, despite its centrality, major gaps remain in how we define, measure, and interpret complexity across different phases and scales. ...
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Kazantseva A. V., A.V. Toropova, Khusnutdinova E. K. et al., ВАВИЛОВСКИЙ ЖУРНАЛ ГЕНЕТИКИ И СЕЛЕКЦИИ, Федеральный исследовательский центр Институт цитологии и генетики Сибирского отделения Российской академии наук» (ИЦиГ СО РАН) (Новосибирск) 2025 Vol. 30 No. 3 P. 470–481
The development of musical abilities, including absolute pitch, musical memory, rhythm sense, and musicality, at a high degree is determined by a hereditary component (up to 68 %). The studies implementing a genome-wide linkage and association approach to musical aptitude have revealed more than 100 genetic loci. This spectrum is comprised of the genes encoding ...
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